Penholder.



No. 738,587. 7 PATBNTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

M. M. WOODWORTH.

PENHOLDBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY, so, 1 03.

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I UNITED STATES" Patented September 8, i903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PENHOLDER.

b'PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1Y0. 738,587, dated September 8, 1903. Application filed May 2b, 1903. erial No. 157,937. (No model.)

To a/ll whom it may concern:

Be it known thatfI, ll/IILTON M. W001)- WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wessington, in the county of Beadle,

State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to penholders; and it has for its object to provide a holder having means for ejecting the pen therefrom and which holder during the operation of the penejecting means will be operated to release the grip upon the pen, so that the 'pen may be readily pushed from place.'

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals .of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a section taken longitudinally through a penholder. embodying the present invention with a pen-point therein and the ejector retracted. Fig. 2 is a section similar to Fig. 1, showing the positions of the parts when the pen has been moved to the point of ejection. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a penholder comprising a handle 5, to one end of which is fixed the tubular barrel 6. lVithinthe barrel 6 is disposed asupplemental or inner barrel 7 of spring metal and of a length somewhat less than that of the barrel 6. The inner or supplemental barrel is split longitudinally and is disposed against the lower side of the barrel 6, to which it is attached with its longitudinal slot 8 ,disposed upwardly, the upperor slotted portion of the supplementalbarrel. lying in spaced relation to the upper portion of the inner face of the barrel In the. upper face of the barrel 6 and registering with the longitudinal slot 8 of the supplemental barrel is a longitudinal slot 9,which terminates short of the ends of the barrel 6 "slide.

and is continued beyond the inner end of the supplemental barrel.

The pen to be inserted is passed inwardly between the upper portions of the inner and outer barrels, the inner barrel being slightly contracted by pressure of the pen or the wedging action thereof, and being of spring metal holds the pen securely in engagement by clamping it against the inner face of the outer barrel. It will be understood, of course, that if the inner or supplemental barrel be further contracted after engagement of the pen between it and the outer or main barrel the clamping action against the pen will be reduced and the pen may be readily ejected.

It is well known that in use the penholder becomes caked with ink more or less, which holds the pen so that it is not readily with drawn; but if the inner barrel is contracted the parts will be pulled asunder, so that the pen-point may be easily withdrawn.

To contract the inner barrel and subsequently eject the pen, a slide 10 is provided,

' which is disposed between the inner and outer barrels and has an upwardly-turned fingerpiece 11, which projects through the slot of the outer barrel, so that it may be readily grasped or pushed against to manipulate the The slide is held by the finger-piece against lateral displacement and is of such dimensions that it cannot be withdrawn through the slot in the outer barrel.

The inner barrel is reduced in diameter gradually from its outer toward its inner end, so that when the slide is pressed forwardly it has a wedging action between the barrels, and by direct contact with the edges of the inner barrel adjacent to the inner slot thereof it serves to compress the inner barrel and reduce its diameter by forcing the edges at the sides of the longitudinal slot toward each other, thus causing the inner barrel torelease the pen. When the inner barrel has been thus contracted to some slight degree, the slide strikes the rear end of the pen',.and as it is moved farther forward presses the pen outwardly and finally ejects it. After ejection of the pen, the slide is retracted and another pen may be put in plaoe'in the ordinary manner.

' longitudinal slot through its upper side, a

supplemental barrel within the main barrel attached thereto at one side and having a longitudinal slot in its opposite side throughout its length and registering with the slot in the main barrel, the supplemental barrel being of spring metal and tapered from its front end to its rear end, and a slide disposed between the barrels and having a finger-piece extending through the slot of the outer barrel for manipulating the slide, said slide being adapted to wedge between the barrels and contract the inner barrel to release a pen-point between it and the outer barrel and to subsequently engage and eject the pen.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILTON M. WOODWORTH. Witnesses:

L. J. WATSON, E. D. SCHOLLIAN. 

